1841
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Buildings in Macau is a 1841 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a high wall beside a street leading uphill in this drawing. The wall is partly ruinous, which suggests that the drawing shows a scene from everyday life. This detail is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what Macau looked like in the past. Check out the technique of cross-hatching to learn more about how drawings like this are created.
A drawing by George Chinnery from 1841 depicts a tall, partially ruined wall beside a street ascending a hill, originally intended as the title page for an album of Macau sketches. The work is part of an album containing 175 sheets of sketches made in China and India. Chinnery, who lived in Macau from 1825 until his death in 1852, produced numerous drawings and portraits in the region during his time there.
Read the full account in the museum source.
George Chinnery (Chinese: 錢納利; 5 January 1774 – 30 May 1852) was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China.
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